A home pickup service is also offered by Yreka Transfer Recycling. The service accepts aluminum cans, plastics No. 1 and No. 2, newspaper and most other paper products.

Laura Healy of Yreka Transfer does note that the home service cannot pickup glass, as it is breakable and therefore a liability.

Home service users should be careful of what they choose to throw away in their recycle bins. Food and yard clippings should be composted or tossed in the regular garbage, and the recycle bins are not for plastics Nos. 3-7.

"Just because there is a triangle doesn't mean it can go in there," said Healy, a reminder to double-check the SPI number on any plastic container before recycling.

In addition, Oberlin Road Solid Waste/Recycling Facility and Black Butte Transfer Recycling can recycle glass bottles, aluminum cans and most plastics but do not pay out money for CRV materials.

However, they can take used oil, oil filters and hazardous u-waste materials such as electronics, batteries and florescent lights – all of which contain chemicals that make them illegal to throw out in regular trash.

Siskiyou County even maintains several 24-hour drop-off locations. Yreka has two, one in the Shop Smart parking lot and the other at Ray's Food Place. These drop-off locations collect aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastics No. 1 and No. 2.

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) website lists many benefits of recycling, including the following: less landfill waste, conservation of natural resources, reduction of greenhouse gases, saved energy and the creation of new manufacturing jobs.